- Saturday Sep 20,2008 05:34 PM
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- In Analysis and research, Peter Waterman
“The idea of a Global Labour Charter Movement comes out of both desperation and hope. The desperation is due to seeing the labour movement, in North, South, East or West, still on the defensive due to (despite?) the severe, multiple and continuing attacks delivered by contemporary capitalism. Not only has the union movement largely forgotten its early emancipator inspiration and utopian hopes. Even the old adage that ‘the best means of defence is attack’ seems unfamiliar to labour’s international leadership”. For the European Social Forum, Malmo, September 2008. Source Netzwerk IT. See full text.
- Monday Sep 1,2008 12:22 PM
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- In Analysis and research, Peter Waterman
Within the framework of the European Social Forum 2008, Peter Waterman analyzed the iniciatives put forward by trade unions and the labour agenda. In a special document, he develops critical opinions on the international union hegemons. Furthermore, he submitted his proposal “a global charter movement” to develop a declaration or manifesto on labour, relevant to all working people, under the conditions of a radically transformed and highly aggressive capitalism, neo-liberalised, networked and globalised. September 2008. See pdf. file
- Saturday Mar 1,2008 04:42 PM
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- In Analysis and research, Peter Waterman
Labour, Social Movements and Emancipation in the 21st Century - Peter Waterman (London 1936) is a veteran activist-researcher in and on labour, social movements, the old and new internationalisms. The present collection consists of papers written since his New Internationalisms. They fall under the heads of Labouring People and Unions, Women and Feminism, Communication and Culture, the Global Justice Movement and World Social Forum. An autobiographical Conclusion reflects on Communism as a predecessor of the latest wave of internationalist social movements. Peter is presently engaged with other experiments in computerised and on-line publishing. He is also writing a full-length autobiography. Lima/The Hague, January-March 2008. See book on line.
- Saturday Mar 1,2008 12:49 PM
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- In Analysis and research, Peter Waterman
I have two motives for publishing this account of my experiences in Prague before, during and after the famous Prague Spring and the infamous Soviet invasion. The first, obviously, is that this is now the 40th anniversary of these events. The second is that it may provide readers, print- and online-publishers with a taster for the book-length autobio from which it is extracted. 2008. See pdf. file.
- Thursday Dec 20,2007 12:17 PM
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- In Analysis and research, Peter Waterman
This is a proposal for research into the new and developing internationalisms of the ‘peasants, artisans and others, enrolled amongst the sons of toil’. These internationalisms are so commonly articulated in network form (so difficult to understand without network theory?) that it is difficult to discuss the one without the other. By Peter Waterman, December 2007. See pdf. file.
